Jindal uses 'Duck Dynasty' in graduation speech

May 10, 2014

Gov. Bobby Jindal / AP

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Gov. Bobby Jindal is delivering the commencement address to the graduating class of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, this morning, mentioning the “Duck Dynasty” Robertson family of West Monroe.

In his speech at the Christian university, which was sent as a press release, Jindal recalled A&E Network’s brief suspension of “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson because of his comments about homosexuality being a sin.

“... You may have further observed that the one of the loudest and most aggressive defenders of the Robertson family was the governor of Louisiana,” Jindal said. “You may think that I was defending the Robertsons simply because I am the governor of their home state, the great state of Louisiana. You would be wrong about that.

“I defended them because they have every right to speak their minds, however indelicately they may choose to do so.”

Jindal also told graduates that “Christians are the last group that it is OK to discriminate against in America. But so what?,” he said. “If God is with us, who can be against us?”

He told graduates to “be bold in your faith and embrace opportunities to stand up for the truth. You never know when you might be planting a seed that will change someone’s life forever,” he said.